Sealing-in machine.



ETW. .,BARTLBTT. ISEALING-IN MACHINE. APPLIUATNJN FILED 00441915. 151241386.. Patented Jan. 12, 1915.

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FP @der 4% Inventor Witness s:

F. W. BARTLETT. SBALING-IN MACHINE. APPLwATlyN MLBD'OGT.4,1913.

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Witnesses; v TN/e ntor:

Frederick W- Blartejl'.,

Patented Jan. 1.2, 1915.

EREDEECK "'FI. BRTLETT, O1? GALDWELL BOROUGH, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent-ea Jan. 12, 1915.

nppnaannnaiea october 4, 1913. serial no. 793,290.

Y fA uZZ 'uf/710m Ait may concern lle it known that L'Fnnonmcn BART- i it'vr. citizen of the United States, residing l. the borough of Caldwell, in the county of l'seex and State of New Jersey, have -inlated certain newand useful improvements in Sealing-'ln Machines, of which the l=lloi\ing is a specification. y

This invent-ion relates to a machine to be wd in the process of making a glass douille-walled, vacuiun insulated, silver-coated, rfshorter-surfaced tcod jar or bottle, so constructed that when .food in either solid or liquid torni is put into .the jar andthe inruth of said liar is closed by a suitable closure. the tendency is to retain the contacts with but little change in temperature for a number of hours.

The present invention concerns the sealing together et' two receptacles or blanks, one inside the other, so as totorm the double-walled jar with-a space between its inner andV out walls. T he blanks' are preferably cylindrical, with one hemispherical closed end and the other end open. Snc ot them is nested concentrically inside the other and then the edges ot their open ends are softened by heat and sealed or fused together-- from which operation l have designated my invention as a sealing-inn machine. l

l" consists in brief, of a plurality of carriers, pret'gerably three, revoluble around a central standard; means for lowering the inner blank into the enter one and centering it; means for heating the upper edges ot' the two blanks: and means for pressing them together and shaping the fusededges.

The invention will be better `understood from the following detailed description,-

talren in connection. `with the accompanying drawings, in which- A Figure 1 is a front elevation of the maiineflig. 2 is a vertical section on the lane 2-2, Fig. 3: Fig. 3 is cross-sectional plan new, and F ig. 4 is a section of the brake and stop.

The machine illustrated has three carriers,- andvis run by two operators; one to loadand unload the carriers and the other to manipulatethe gas fires anl accomplish the sealing together of the two glass blanks.

A central upright shaft l is journaled in bearings 2 carried by a suitable support 3 and is rotated at a constant speed by a 35 belt pulley 4 or other equivalent means.

' Secured respectively to the upper and lower ends of said shaft are two horizhntal spur gears 5, 6, preferably of the same size, the hub of the lower onel being preferably supported by a roller bearing 7. 'A sleeve 8 surrounds the shaft and carries three spiders 9, 10, 11, the lower one, 9, being supported on -a ball bearing 12 on the hub of the lowerv spur gear, so thatl said sleeve and spiders are-` rotatable concentric with, but independently of the shaft. The spiders have-three arins,

'and corresponding arms on all three are in vertical alinernent; the middle spider 10 having its arms made in two parts secured by slots and bolts, so as to beradially adjustable- At the end of each spider arln is a bearing.'V A short upright tubular -spindle 13 is journaled in each of thev bearings of the lower spider 9. A pinion 1l meshing with .the spur gear 5 is loose on the spindle, but

it can be clutched thereto by suitable'ineans, such for instance as a pin 15 on the spindle engaging a notch 16 in the pinion when latter is slid up along the spindle. The pinion rests on collar 1T secured to 'the spindle, but it may be lifted by two hooks 18 engaging'its under face and piroted to a hand lever 19 nlcrumedl at 2O on the arm of the spider.

In the support 3 below the pinion at the sealing-in station of the machine, and in line with thetubular spindle, is a. vertical sliding tube 21 having at itsn upper end a loose rotatable collar 22 carrying a rubber gasket which makes an air-tight joint with the lower end ot the spindle when said tube is slid upward by a lever 24 fulcrnmed to4 the support 3. The lower end of said pipe communicates with a'supply of coinpressed air.

The upper end of the spindle 13 has two opposite arms 25 forming a yoke to'support a carrier or clamp .t'or the outer blank :11.

The clamp is annular, of a 'shape to 'fit the blank, and is concentric with the axis of the spindle, onefhalf'26 being stationary and the' other half 27 being hinged to 26 at one end and provided at theother end with a catch 28 to hold it closed. Upon releasing the catch, the half 27 can be thrown open as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. Each half has two upright guide rods 29, preferably faced with leather or the like to afford a sott holder forthe blank The clamps and prods are preferably made of `aluminum for the sake of lightness. The lower end of the -blank'rests upon an annular rubber cushion the 30 'at the top of the spindle 13, concentric with the passage through said spindle, which registers with a sm'all hole in the center of the rounded end of the blank.

' A tube 31 is mounted in the Abearing at the end of each arm of the middle spider 10. On one side of said tube is a raolr32 with which engages a cog wh'eel :33 on an arbor rotatable by hand wheel 34; Aby means .of whichthe tube can be run up and down in its bearing. A slender shaft 35 extends through` the tube, being journaled therein but incapable 'of movement lengthwise thereof. The sn.-+`t extends up through a bearing 36 in the arn of the upper spider 11 and is splined in a pinlzn 37 resting on said/ bearing and meshing Witil the upper spur gear (l, being held in place byl a guard 3 8 en gaging its. upperface. Pinion 37 is of the same size as pinion`14. At the lower end of the shaft is a rounded pad) to be'ar against the bottom of the innerblank y. An eX- panding holder for the inner blank ,v/ is secured to the lower end of the shaft; such holder being preferably a set of bars 40 parallel with the innersurface of the blank and mounted on links-41 piroted to1 said barsA and to a sleeve 4'2fseeure'rd to the shaft,so that .said bars will hare 'a parallel ruleraction. The bars can be spread or contractedbv a sleeve 43 slidable on the sb aft and' connected to said bars by li'nks lf-L The sleereis moved lengthwiseon the shaft, preferably by a lever 45 engaging a' groove in'i a collar 46 at the upper end of said sleeve 'and fulcrumed on a hanger 47 supported bv the tube 31,'being preferably hinged to `a lug on a collar 48 secured, to said tube. The sleeve 43 has a' protecting jacket 4:9.of afbestos. From the 40 collar 48 two guide rods 50 run down parallel with the sleeve 43, and on said rods slides an annular former 51 concentric with the sleeve and haring in itsunder side.a semicircular groove which shapes the upper end of the glass jar when pressed down upon the softened united'edges of the two blanks. The former has a handle 52 and can be retained in its uppermost position until wanted, by a, hook 53 pivoted to the collar 48 andengag-` ing-with said handle. Y .f V- y Surrounding,r the lower spider 9` is hcircular rim 54 in which arethrcegsockets 55 spaced angularly apart'to correspond with the arms ofthe spiders; .that is to say,.prefy erably at 120 degrees. A stop is arranged to .engage with saidvk sockets to hold the spiders` stationary while. the blanks are being loaded', operated upon l orfl unloaded. The stop is preferably a plunger 56 mounted in a standard 57 on the support l2 and reciprocating in a line radial to the shaftl. A lever 5S engages withthe plunger, and can be actuated yeither by foot or hand to withdraw the v plunger; a spring 59 urging the plunger (i) against the rim and into the socket therein.

n ,toengage ythe notch 16 in the pinion 14 wi A brakeO, supported on theplunger, is-

u'rged constantly against .ie r1m' 54 by a spring 61, vlso-prevent too Y1 lent movements thereof and lessen theshock when the plunger shoots into 'a'socket and stops the revolution of/th'e spiders. One stopping point of the carriers v1s the vunloading o loading station, where they -sealed jars are vtaken out and the freshv blanks put in. At the next stopping point, 75 a Bunsen' Vburner v362 is arranged, which" softens the edges `of the blanks as they rotate -in front'of it. At the third station are the sealing burners, of which ,six are shown in the drawings. 'I hey are short upright Bunsen burners 68 having their tips bent radially inward toward the axis of the blanks. Theyaremounted on `the halves of a ,hollow ing64,'said halvesbejng hinged' on astandard 65 sothat they can be swung apart in a horizontal plane to admit the blanks, and can then be closed around them.' TheI standard can ,be ra' edi'and lowered, preferably by a rack 66 a d a pinion operated by the hand wheel G7. Each half of the ring is connected by a vflexible tube. 68 with a gas main.

The operation .is 'as followsLAn attendant sits at station one and by means of the hand wheel 34 runs np the'tube 31v andthe shaft with its-expanding holder. Bylifting the handle 45, the holder is collapsed to let an inner blank y slip up over `it and beheld by the spreading ofthe bars when the handle is dropped. The fronthalf 27 of the clamp isthen opened, and an'outer' blank :a pla-ced in position, ymaking a tight joint with the gasket V30 and `with the hole inits end registering with the tubularspindle. The front of the clampis'then. shut and fastens itself bythe vspring catch 28. The hand wheel 3drv is then turned to vfeed the inner blank down into the outer 'one untilthey are'in proper relative position, with the bottom ofthe inner blank as far from the bottom of 'the .outer one as the space between the vertical walls of said blanks; that is thetwo blanks/are c centric. The lever 19, isthen thrown wl the pin l5 cn the spindle, whereupon the constantly rotating pinion will begin to rotateithe clamp' and the outerblank. The inner blank begins to rotate as soon as it is y enga ged' by its hoider, and this assists in the 120 rapid centering of the blanks. Both blanki are now rotating in the'same direction and at the same speed. T he. detent plunger. 56 is C' now withdrawing and the friction. of the Y gears and pinionsv causes the spiders to turnv 1,25 athird of a revolution, bringing the blanks' opposite the Buns'env burner '62, whose) .-ffl'me.. 'i is adplsted to soften. theiredges. During cn v this movement, the brake 60 bears therim 5-1 to prevent too violent. actionpan'd" i181;

hianks arrive at the second station er 56 snapsinto socket and ar're. c the spiders and blanks. The attendant now ioadsthe second clamp and holder,

and again the spiders make a tllird of a revolution. This brings the second setof blanks opposite the Bunsen burner 62,while the first set is stopped in front of the standard: 65 at the sealing-in station. Another attendant at this station shuts the burner ring around theV blanks, and regulates the hres so as to'quickly bring the edges of the lanks up to a welding heat. VThe asbestos jacket a9 protects the sleeve i3 from the' .A1-evolution, bringing the linishedblanks to the lirst attendant, who removes them and reloads the carrier.

ln accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, l have described the principle of operation of my invention, together with the apparatus which l now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood 'that the apparatus shown is only illustrative, and that. -the invention can be carried out by other means.'

What l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1.- l machine for sealing together concentric glass blanks, which comprises a central shaft, upper and lower spur gears secured thereto. a sleeve on said shaft, spiders carried by said 'sleeve,spindles rotatable in the lower spider, clamps for the outer blanks mounted on spindles, holders for the inner blanks carried by an upper spider, and pinions meshing withl said gears for rotating said spindles and holders at the same speed, means for stopping and starting the spindles at will.v and means for raising and lowering lthe holders for the inner blanks.

i2. A machine for sealing together concentric glass blanks, comprising a central shaft, upper and lower spur gears thereon, a sleeve rotatable on said shaft, spiders on said sleeve, spindles rotatably mounted in the lower spider, pinions on saidv spindles meshing with the lower gear, means for connecting and disconnecting said pinions and spindles, clamps for the outer blanks mounted on. the spindles, upright shafts carried by anz opper spider, holders for the inner blanks mounted on said shafts, pinions splined on said shafts and meshing with the upper l gear, and means for raising and lowering said shafts and holders and an annular elastic cushion at the bottom of the clamp concentric with the bore of the tubular spindle. 3. ln a machine for sealing trgether con centric glass blanks, an upright shaft, a spur gear thereon, a spider rotatable on said shaft, a tubularcspindle journaled in said spider, a pinion on said spindle, means for engaging and disengaging. it from the spindle, and a clamp mounted on said spindle and 'having one half hinged to the other half.

' Il. ln a machine for sealing together concentric glass blanks, an upright shaft, a

spur gear thereon, a spider rotatable on said shaft, a tubular spindle journaled in said spider, a pinion on said spindle meshing with said gear, a clamp mounted on 1the upper endof said spindle, .a pipe in line with said spindle, a stationary support for said pipe, means for sliding said pipe lengthwise in said support, and a loose rotatable collar .on the end of said pipe tomake a tight jointwith the lower end of said spin- 'dle for conducting duid pressure into a vessel held in said clamp and'having an aperture registering with said tubularspindle.

f5. In a machine for sealing together concentric glass blanks, a central shaft, a spur gear thereon,- a spider rotatable on said shaft, a tube vertically movable in said spider, a 4shaft rotatable in said tube and Vgeared to said spur gear, an expanding holder on said shaft for the inner blank, a sleeve movable lengthwise of saidshaft and operatively connected to said holder for expanding and contracting the same, a lever fulorumed on said tube and engaging said sleeve, a jacket of refractory material on said sleeve, and burners encircling 'the upper ends of the assembled blanks.

6, In a machine for sealing, together concentric glass blanks, a central shaft, a spur gear thereon, a spider rotatable on said shaft, a tube vertically movable in said spider, means for raising and lowering said tube, a shaft rotatable in said tube and movable lengthwise therein andrgeared to said spur gear, an expanding holder on said shaft for the inner blank consisting of parallel bars, links connecting said bars to said shaft, a sleeve surrounding said shaft and movable lengthwise thereof, a lever fulcrurned on said tube and engaging said sleeve, and links between said sleeve and said bars.

7., In a machine for sealing together concentric glass blanks, a central shaft, a'spur gear thereon, a Aspider rotatable on said shaft, a tube vertically movable in said spider, means for raising and lowering said tube, a shaft rotatable in said tube and movable lengthwise therein, and geared to said.'

isolv s'pu gear, an expanding holder on said shaft' In testimony whereof aflx my signature for the inner blank, means for. operating in presence of two witnesses.

said holder, guiderods parallelwith `the FREDERICK W. BARTLE'Il'l`.

shaft, an annular fox-mexsldng on said ,I X'Vtnesses: 5 rods, and means for retammg sand former JOSEPH N. TUTTLE,

1n lts mused posl'tlon when notl 1n use. WILLIAM H. BLACK. 

